Le Pont du Diable n'a RIEN de naturel (Le secret de Thueyts)

Is the Devil's Bridge (Pont du Diable) in Thueyts a natural formation? Contrary to popular belief, this humpback-shaped monument hides a very different reality — and the story of a 36,000-year-old volcano. In the Ardèche, in the heart of the village of Thueyts, turquoise water flows over black rock. It looks like a postcard beach… but this scenery hides the story of a volcano. Around 36,000 years ago, the Gravenne de Thueyts erupted. Its lava flow pushed up the Ardèche valley, formed a dam, then cooled into a wall of hexagonal columns: the Chaussée des Géants. For millennia, the river carved the stone and shaped the famous vasques (rock pools). In this documentary, three major secrets: A dating revised through the argon-argon method, placing the eruption in the same era as the frescoes of the Chauvet cave. The truth about the Pont du Diable: a structure built entirely by human hands. A dark legend tied to the Gourd du Chaudron and the Gueule d'Enfer, born from a very real story. 🎙️ A Zone 2607 documentary — exploring the geological and historical secrets of the Ardèche and the Drôme. 📍 Location: Pont du Diable, Thueyts (07330), Ardèche, France. ——— Chapters: 00:00 A volcano beneath a turquoise beach 00:41 The Gravenne de Thueyts 01:15 Secret #1: 36,000 years (and the Chauvet cave) 02:07 The Chaussée des Géants 02:48 The work of the water and the vasques 03:26 Secret #2: the truth about the bridge 04:09 Secret #3: the dark legend 04:54 Today #Ardeche #Thueyts #DevilsBridge #Volcano #Drome #Geology #History